Former Duluth news director speaks out after Facebook post, lands new job

Former KQDS Fox 21 News Director Jason Vincent verbally apologized on Friday for a controversial post on his personal Facebook page earlier this month during his first public interview on WGZS-FM, the Fond du Lac Band’s radio station. Vincent's resignation with the Duluth television station took effect on Friday, but he tells the Duluth News Tribune he was not fired. “I’m moving to (Cedar Rapids) Iowa, KGAN-TV. I’ll be a morning anchor down there," he said.

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BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Aug 19, 2012

Former KQDS Fox 21 News Director Jason Vincent verbally apologized on Friday for a controversial post on his personal Facebook page earlier this month during his first public interview on WGZS-FM, the Fond du Lac Band’s radio station.

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Vincent's resignation with the Duluth television station took effect on Friday, but he tells the Duluth News Tribune he was not fired. “I’m moving to (Cedar Rapids) Iowa, KGAN-TV. I’ll be a morning anchor down there," he said.

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The news director for Duluth television station Fox 21 resigned from the position Monday after some said he had made a racist Facebook post last week. Fox 21 general manager Jackie Bruenjes issued a statement Monday night saying she accepted Jason Vincent’s resignation.

Duluth television news director Jason Vincent has apologized for his controversial Facebook post about a Native American man last week. KQDS Fox 21 TV added in the statement Saturday that they "do not condone this behavior." Vincent caused an uproar when he posted, "Add drunk, homeless, Native American man to the list of animals that have wandered into my yard."

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